THE WORKS OF Alexander Pope Esq, Volume 3J. and P. KNAPTON in Ludgate-street, 1751 - 299 pages |
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... best purpose , to vindicate the ways of God . VER . 17. Say firft , of God above , or Man below , & c . ] The poet having declared his Subject , his End of writing , and the Quality of his Adverfaries , proceeds ( from 16 to 23 ) to in ...
... best purpose , to vindicate the ways of God . VER . 17. Say firft , of God above , or Man below , & c . ] The poet having declared his Subject , his End of writing , and the Quality of his Adverfaries , proceeds ( from 16 to 23 ) to in ...
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... best , COMMENTARY . VER . 43. Of fyftems poffible , & c . ] So far his modeft and fo- ber Introduction ; in which he truly obferves , that no wifdom " lefs than omnifcient Can tell why Heav'n has made us as we are . Yet , though we ...
... best , COMMENTARY . VER . 43. Of fyftems poffible , & c . ] So far his modeft and fo- ber Introduction ; in which he truly obferves , that no wifdom " lefs than omnifcient Can tell why Heav'n has made us as we are . Yet , though we ...
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... best ( ✯ 43 , 44 ) From whence he draws two confequences : 1. The firft ( from 44 to 51 ) is , that as the best system can- not but be fuch a one as hath no inconnected Void ; fuch a one in which there is a perfect coherence and ...
... best ( ✯ 43 , 44 ) From whence he draws two confequences : 1. The firft ( from 44 to 51 ) is , that as the best system can- not but be fuch a one as hath no inconnected Void ; fuch a one in which there is a perfect coherence and ...
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... best weak- ens the other natural arguments for a future ftate ; because , if the evils which good Men fuf- fer promote the benefit of the whole , then every thing is here in order ; and nothing amifs that wants to be set right : Nor has ...
... best weak- ens the other natural arguments for a future ftate ; because , if the evils which good Men fuf- fer promote the benefit of the whole , then every thing is here in order ; and nothing amifs that wants to be set right : Nor has ...
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... best fuppofes that the evils themselves will be fully compenfated by the good they produce to the whole , yet this is fo far from fuppofing that particulars shall suffer for a general good , that it is ef- fential to this fyftem to con ...
... best fuppofes that the evils themselves will be fully compenfated by the good they produce to the whole , yet this is fo far from fuppofing that particulars shall suffer for a general good , that it is ef- fential to this fyftem to con ...
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